title: Coronary artery bypass surgery in the presence of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea.
abstract: A seventy eight year old male patient was admitted in our hospital with headache, vomiting, irritability and confusion. Initially he was diagnosed as a case of pyogenic encephalitis. Further investigations revealed that patient had cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and coronary artery disease. He successfully underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and cerebrospinal fluid leak repair.
authors.affiliation: Medanta Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesiology, Medanta- The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Rajinder Singh
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rawat
authors.forename: Yatin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trehan
authors.forename: Aditya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D065634:Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male